What's the fascination with trailer bearings?
So I've seen many, many posts over the years about checking hubs with IR guns for excessive heat. I've even seen posts where people check their hubs every stop. :E My question is why? I have never ...
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Gosh, I have my TT bearings repacked and serviced every year. Why? Because of all of the posts on rv.net discussing bearings -- I figure where there's smoke, there's a hot bearing somewhere.
Maybe I am wasting my money!? But if I ever have a bearing failure, at least I won't be tormented by remorse due to my negligence.
This is kind of like the medical problem of "NNT" -- "number needed to treat." If a hundred people take cholesterol reducing medicine, one heart attack will be prevented. So 99 folks are taking statins for no benefit. But you'd sure hate to be the one who could have avoided the heart attack, so you take the pills.
Maybe I am wasting my money!? But if I ever have a bearing failure, at least I won't be tormented by remorse due to my negligence.
This is kind of like the medical problem of "NNT" -- "number needed to treat." If a hundred people take cholesterol reducing medicine, one heart attack will be prevented. So 99 folks are taking statins for no benefit. But you'd sure hate to be the one who could have avoided the heart attack, so you take the pills.
